]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/kernel/stable.git/commit
cfg80211: fix memory leak of wiphy device name
authorEric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 20:02:19 +0000 (13:02 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 25 Jun 2019 03:36:01 +0000 (11:36 +0800)
commit17d941dc30337840d962dddbddfdcf9dac7c4b22
tree018be656054b5968d7eaa9de467f19d569b3d4bb
parent5293c79c6f60eafba13694bec1770b3c65507b99
cfg80211: fix memory leak of wiphy device name

commit 4f488fbca2a86cc7714a128952eead92cac279ab upstream.

In wiphy_new_nm(), if an error occurs after dev_set_name() and
device_initialize() have already been called, it's necessary to call
put_device() (via wiphy_free()) to avoid a memory leak.

Reported-by: syzbot+7fddca22578bc67c3fe4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 1f87f7d3a3b4 ("cfg80211: add rfkill support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/wireless/core.c